Michigan

Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio walks onto the field before their Big Ten football game against the Michigan Wolverines on last season at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com)

Michigan State was one of six of Boykin’s announced finalists. He took multiple visits to East Lansing, including one before the spring game and one the weekend before his announcement.

Boykin is the 23rd-best wide receiver in the country, according to the 247sports composite, and the second-best player in Illinois.

The announcement comes after four-star Minnesota DE Jashon Cornell announced his commitment to Ohio State Wednesday morning, spurning Michigan State and others. Either Boykin or Cornell would have immediately become Michigan State’s highest-rated recruit of the Class of 2015.